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While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Stabilized Tenants Stare Down Further Rent Hikes, Recalling Bloomberg Era

The Rent Guidelines Board Tuesday voted in favor of rent hikes between 2 to 5 percent for a one-year lease and 4 to 7 percent for two-year leases. A final…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

“The result of the latest reporting only serves to reinforce an unequal economic standing between landlords and tenants. Through its limited scope, this reporting causes unnecessary panic, potential demoralization, and…

ByAvi Garelick

ByAndrew Schustek 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater…

ByDashiell Allen 3Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 9-16

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByMariam Hydara 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Landlords Inflated Rents While Receiving 421a Tax Breaks, Lawsuits Allege

The owners of three buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are accused in the suit of falsely registering initial rents with the state Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR)…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Politics

De Blasio Wants Impeachment Probe for Justices Who Struck Roe

De Blasio told City Limits that he wants to see New York City-style right-to-shelter laws for people experiencing homelessness in all cities, rent regulation across the country and a path…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Rent Board Votes for Biggest Increase Since Bloomberg Administration

The nine-member Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted Tuesday to raise rents by 3.25 percent on one-year leases and by 5 percent on two-year leases, the highest increase for rent-stabilized…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Rebounding Rents Shine Light on Long-Standing Crisis

“Two years into the pandemic, the city is moving ahead with a return to ‘normal,’ but the pre-pandemic real estate market’s ‘normal’ is not something to which we should aspire…

ByLeslie Vasquez

ByKimberly Pereyra Monero

ByLandry Haarmann 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Latest Vacancy Survey is Bad News for Affordable Apartment-Seekers

The number of available apartments for low- and middle- income New Yorkers reached a 30-year low in 2021, according to the results of a vacancy survey used to determine whether…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering